Anna Questerly

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

My Favorite Fairy Tale

Has to be Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves; I love stories where the hero wins by cleverness rather than goodness. Perhaps it's because the goody-two-shoes mentality in many stories is boring to me. Give me a character who uses their mind and can figure out ways around practically anything and I'm hooked; that was one of the reasons I loved Ken Follet's Pillars of the Earth so much. I hope I was able to bring that same trait to my characters in my stories, although I did allow the virtuous to win on occasion. You be the judge...my next blog will give you a sample of one of the fairy tales from my book.

3 comments:

My favorit fairy tale would definitly have to be,the Final Fantisy series.A japanise vidio game, its thousands of differint tales and adventures, in on massive epic.ill have to tell you all about it one day. The reason i love it so much is because the line between good and evil is very profound,like night and day, but you can sympathize with the bad guys point of veiw as much as the good guys.it constantly makes you question the games, as well as, your own morals and belifes. and for that, it facinates me.